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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS for the Year 1937.
| Population (estimated) | 175,600 | Area of borough in acres | 2,291 | ||||
| Density of population per acre | 77 | Number of marriages | 2,104 | ||||
| Rateable value | £3,381,594 | Product of a Id. rate | £14,089 | ||||
| Total. | M. | F. | |||||
| Live births | legitimate | 1,893 | 998 | 895 | Birth rate | 12.1 | |
| illegitimate | 232 | 117 | 115 | ||||
| Still births | ... ... ... | 65 | 35 | 30 | Rate per 1,000 total births | 30 | |
| Deaths | ... ... ... | 2,345 | 1,036 | 1,309 | Death rate (after adjustment) | 12.4 | |
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions | 59% | ||||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | Rate per 1,000 total | ||||||
| Deaths | (live and still) births. | ||||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 2 | 0.9 | |||||
| Other puerperal causes | 5 | 2.3 | |||||
| Total | 7 | 3.2 | |||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:— | |||||||
| All infants per 1,000 births | 83 | Deaths from measles (all ages) | 1 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 71 | „ whooping cough (all ages) | 5 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 181 | ||||||
| „ diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 42 | ||||||
| Deaths from phthisis | 114 | Phthisis death rate | 0.65 | ||||
| Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis | 130 | Tuberculosis death rate | 0.74 | ||||
| Deaths from the zymotic diseases | 61 | Zymotic death rate | 0.35 | ||||